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I have a few more projects to share for this month's Papertrey Ink assignments. It's been such a busy month and I'm so excited for the holidays to come! My girlfriend is hostessing a lunch today and she makes the best homemade candy! I can't wait!

Ok... here are my last three projects for this month. I was happily addicted to using Happy Day with pretty much everything because of it's amazing versatility.

A great key based set that works well with any style. I went for a more vintage feeling with this card.

Theha Oval frame image works really well with the elegant font in the set too.

It's nice to have the key dies for details like this.

Here are some quick teacher/friend gifts.

Made of Snow Mini has such cute snowmen and accessories. I made these little tubes with bath salts and custom tags.

These will be so fun to give out!

Having four daughters definitely qualifies me as a Princess expert! Little Princess is perfect for so many uses... it won't be long before I cant use these very often for my girls. They are growing SO fast.

I know this will get used really fast! Ella has so many friends with upcomong birthdays.I thought that this Happy Day Argyle frame was PERFECT with this castle image. Ahhh... I love fairy tales! That Mega Mat Stack 4 die is one awesome die too... look how fun it is to create a full card with!

Well that concludes today's post. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions! Make sure to check the gallery for a full list of supplies as well as other DT projects. Here are the links to the other DT blogs...

Welcome to the 2nd group post for Papertrey Ink this month! We are sharing projects using Nichole's new Love & marriage stamp set! I'm also sharing just a tad more of my Happy Day set.

Love & Marriage truly embodies timeless love. I thought it would be fun to create a card for a young couple who just got engaged! It needed to be bright and fun just like they are.

I stamped the tree imagine Aqua Mist then colored it in with a light green Copic. I like the brightness that the tree has with the two combined colors. The heart in the trunk center pulls the concept together of the love growing together to create their own family tree.

I really like the fonts that Nichole chose too... super pretty! I also used the Congrats All Ways sentiments set to enhance the concept.

This last card shows off the border in the Love & Marriage set as well as the Happy Day Oval frame and sentiments.

I thought it was fun to create a lattice style trim with the filigree stamp image. I created this with a more mature friend in mind so I wanted a clean and elegant feel to the card.

I can imagine creating a photo frame using these same images and layout.

Well, that concludes my posts for this month's sneak peeks! I hope that you've enjoyed the week of sharing! I had fun creating projects to share with you! I must add that I also really appreciate your comments that you have shared this week! We all work so hard and it's so nice when you extend that little extra to us!

Here are the links to the other DT blogs! Just hold on to your seat-belts... these ladies BLOW my mind!

Today is the 2nd group post day at Papertrey Ink. It's all about Rosie Posie! I'm also sharing Happy Day projects too. Nichole gave us a little twist this month too... we had to choose two inspiration photos to work with and base our projects on. This was so fun! Let's get started!

Here is my inspiration photo...

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I adore the neutral colors together. Especially the charcol and tan. I thought this would translate beautifully to paper using the new Rosie Posie stamp set! Here is my take on this inspiration piece.

I guess I was pretty literal in my interpretation. :) I love the clean and vintage feel that this turned out to have. The Rosie Posie flowers are simply outstanding to stamp and play with!

Look how fun these champagne colored pearls look in the flower centers! SO sweet!

I thought that the Happy Day Oval center frame was the elegant choice to go with this concept.

I didn't start out creating an anniversary card but after everything came together I thought it was the perfect sentiment to add!

Here is my 2nd inspiration piece. I was looking for a different color combination.

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I love aprons... If my frugal mind wouldn't get in the way I would have 50 of them. It was fun to put one to use as inspiration.

The Filigree border and Small Scalloped border dies add that fringe shape that Aprons typically have.

I thought I would try something fun with the frame and trim off the edge. I am having SO much fun with this Happy Day frame! The bow sort of represents the bow you would tie the apron on with.

Well, that concludes today's projects showcasing Rosie Posie and Happy Day! Let me know if you have any questions!

Here are the links to the other team members to that you can hop over and see what they've been up to!

P.S. I hope you are all enjoying this weeks projects. AND having a stress free holiday season. It amazes me how fast time has flown this year. Do you think it's a too busy thing or maybe a stress thing that make it fly that fast? It's just been a CrAzY year! Here's to a calm 2012!

Welcome to day three of my countdown for Happy Day! I'm also sharing projects using Flower Frenzy #11! These two great sets will be available through Papertrey Ink starting Dec. 15th. There is a change from last month as to the time and events so make sure to check out Nichole's blog if you haven't already... She will also be showcasing these two sets today!

Well... here we go!

This first card shows off the Happy Day frame image and die.

I love celebrating the 4th of July and just had to include this sentiment in the set.

Did you notice the white bar in the middle of the frame? That's a bar image that I created to fill the center of the Happy Day frame! It's really fun to use to create color variation!

The other images are from Let Freedom Ring! If you haven't seen that set you might want to take a peek. It's a great Independence day set but it's also got some great basics included.

Next is a valentines card using the argyle frame. Notice the fun swirl that's added to the word DAY?

I've include 3 doo-dads like that in Happy Day for some extra fun. I also used the new Tag-its 11 with the Simple Circles Border die. A Little Argyle is used to create the background.This was a fun card to create... I was sort of thinking of the classic Alice in Wonderland when I created it.

So, I live in an area that is ALL about Tulips in the spring so I'm really excited about Flower Frenzy #11 I love the scandinavian influence that come because of these beauties. My favorites are the red ones... but there really isn't an ugly tulip!

I was inspired by some fabric I found online and stamped the background on this card in a similar way. I wanted to stick with the same colors for the frame and sentiment too.

I wanted to stick with the same colors for the frame and sentiment too.

I used Copic Markers to fill in the tulip leaves... here are the colors I used.

I really like vintage feeling things that aren't pastel. Natural and bright vintage colors are my favorite! This next card was inspired by a book print I found online.

I masked the card base and then stamped the Stitches and Swirls images around the mask and then let it dry. Next I masked out the stamped images and sponged in the Vintage Cream ink

I kept with the natural theme by using button jute as an accent.

Well that finishes off my post for today. I hope that you've gotten a better feeling about Happy Day and Flower Frenzy #11. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for al your get better wishes too. I'm hoping to feel better soon. I'm giving my girls Emergen-C to try to make sure they don't get this crud. I hope you all are taking care of yourselves too!

Welcome to day two of my countdown for my newest stamp set, Happy Day! Thank you for all of your comments and feedback. I really appreciate you taking the time to share those with me! Happy Day will be available on Dec 15th through Papertreyink.

Let's get started...

This first card was inspired by a tv show Ive been watching, Once Upon A Time! This show is all about fairy tales.

The colors used in the show are pretty deliberate. Lots of whimsical and Forrest's. Hence the wedding forest for this card. I also wanted to show how lovely the Happy Day sentiments are without the frame too!

I did use the argyle frame to create a border. It really easy to do with the nice open space in the frame. I used Melissa's new Tree Tops set to create the little Forrest.

This last card is a really clean and simple Halloween Greeting card.

I really like the combination of this Happy Day frame and the Damask Designs image.

I'm really loving the fonts in this set too... The focal sentiments look great in any color and with any concept I stamp them with. Very versatile!

That wraps up my quick post for today. Here are the links to other Papertrey Ink sneak peeks!

Tomorrow I will be sharing some of my favorites using Happy Day... I hope you will join me!

On a side note... I mentioned that Ella has been in the local production of The Nutcracker, playing a "little Brother". I'm so proud of here! She was on stage for most of the first act... that's a lot of marks to remember!

I'm off to bed... been fighting a whopper of a head cold. Thanks for poppying by friends!

Hello all! I hope that your December is going well and that any holiday preparations are going great! We've been unbelievably busy with some good and some not so good things. Basically life... you know how it is. :) One of the good things is that I have a stamp set being released this month! Here's some info about it and a few projects to share!

Happy Day ($24)- an all occasion stamp set that allows for maximum versatility for stampers. You will be able to create projects for almost any occasion! This must-have basic stamp set features 3 unique and trendy frame images that all coordinate with the Happy Day Frame die (5$). There are 13 focal and 8 supportive sentiments that can be interchanged to make creating fun and easy. This set will be available on December 15th through Papertrey Ink.

Here is my first project for today... A little Valentine's Day card!

I used the Happy Day frame... this frame inspired the name of the set. I had fun creating the frame shape too. There are two fonts used in this set. One that is very fluid and one that is more block. They really work well with other sets too. The "pucker up" sentiment and lemons are from the new Tremendous Treats: Valentine stamp set. Such great new scale for these fun images.

I thought I would mention that the frame images are really easy to line up with this frame for me. I really love layering it with other frames too.

This next card shows the argyle frame in the set as well as three of the included sentiments.

This frame is extremely versatile. I've created masculine and feminine cards with this frame... and it seems to change so much depending on how it's used. The open center allows versatility with other sets and sentiments too. I know I will turn to this frame over and over again.

I love adding little details. I was going for a woodsy feeling with this card and that inspired the fun crossing of the button twine.

I hope that you've enjoyed the first of five days of my sneak peeks of Happy Day! Please let me know if you have any questions. want more Papertrey Ink sneak peeks? Here are links to where you can find some more!

I've got a fun stamp set that is getting release this month through Papertrey Ink! Here is the preview that was shown over on Nichole's blog!

I think you will be please with how versatile this new set is... plus the matching die is such a lovely shape! I've been having so much fun creating with it this past week too. It's been an all season type of party at my house! :) Come back starting on Dec. 10th to see some projects that I've created using this must-have basic!